Compensating People Who Are Wrongfully Convicted Is a Hard Sell in Some States ATLANTA (AP) — Earlier this year, Michael Woolfolk attended a legislative committee in Georgia where lawmakers ...

Florida is the only state with a wrongful incarceration compensation program that excludes people with prior felonies. According to the National Registry of Exonerations, 91 people in Florida have ...

Kennedy Jr. − who has long spread debunked claims surrounding autism and vaccines − suggested compensating families of some Americans with autism, calling them "injured." "Bottom line ...

It was his second attempt to obtain compensation. Georgia is one of 11 states with no law on compensating people found to have been wrongfully convicted. Individuals seeking compensation take ...